Alida Reviews & Product Details

We use the Alida platform for our quant/qual online research community.

Alida’s strengths based on my experience:

1) Robust in-platorm survey programming tool that allows us to store all of our member and survey data in one place for easy analysis. We used to rely on an external tool to program surveys with advanced logic.

2) Flexible member data capabilities that allow us to create new profile variables and append external customer data as needed.

3) Modern look & feel of the Member Hub and improved survey-taking experience.

4) Smooth in-platform recruitment process that can be used for external recruits as well as internal referrals. Huge time saver compared to our previous recruitment process.

5) Impressive client support from the Alida team. They are collaborative, attentive, and dedicated to meeting our community’s unique needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Currently, there are no moderator tools (in-platform messaging, backroom comments, etc) in the Member Hub and no way for members to easily track their points or activity completion history. This is a problem for our community, but Alida is actively working with us towards a solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The fact that we didn't just get a software suite and left to our own devices, but instead have a support team assigned to us has been invaluable. The community management aspect as been extremely helpful. And the software itself is extremely useful as well. Being able to create custom member groups, profile variables, etc. All very helpful. I also find the survey creation tool very usable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There isn't much focus on mobile testing features. If the mobile app allowed sharing their phone screen while in a call, we'd be able to use Alida for our full testing processe. As it stands, we use Alida to recruit for playtests, but then conduct the playtests through Microsoft Teams on their phone, allowing them to share their screen while in a call. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There's so many benefits to having an Alida community but if I had to pick what I like best, it would be that I feel more connected to my customers. We have a community of power users who are super engaged and interested in our surveys and products. It is very easy to engage with them and get feedback that will help shape our product. Every business needs an Alida community so they can work backwards from their customers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There's no real downside about having an Alida community. There's so much you can do with your community and its set up so you can build upon the community as your business changes or evolves. Only downside was setup time. This is less of an Alida problem, and more of an internal challenge. But Alida was with us every step in the process and did all they could do to help us move implementation along. While onboarding was painful (and self-inflicted), the results were well worth it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Alida is an easily accessed tool and useful for daily needs for guest sentiment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

You cannot preset rotational survey changes on the system, leading to difficulty in changing. For example, I am the only person in my team, I do not have anyone else to cover in my absence or day off in a 5/7 business so it can be challenging to change the rotations based on business planning.

I also find it non-user friendly in terms of extracting data and guest comments for an analysis purpose and involves using extra AI platforms.

My needs of the Alida platform is purely to extract data and understand themes, emotions and common problems in comments from guests, alongside NPS etc Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We’ve worked with Alida since 2016 and have been pleased with the innovation and growth of the company. They really listen to their customers to make their products and services the best they can be.

The SPARQ platform is easy to use.

Alida provides top notch customer service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The company's growth has led to multiple changes in customer success managers assigned to our account, but has stabilized in the past 2 years. The AI functionality for analyzing qualitative, open-ended questions needs to be launched. This type of analysis tool has been a request of mine for many years, and noted on Alida's roadmap as well, but isn't yet operational.

Data analytics in base SPARQ platform could be improved, particularly the ability to run reports by survey completion date. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Scripting is very easy, as the UI is clear, and it's easy to create and follow logic - much easier than SurveyMonkey because you can preview any portion of the survey and manipulate profile variables to check different routes and logic. You can also script more types of questions (highlighters, video responses, etc.) and make hidden markers, which are super helpful for analysis on the back end. Alida makes it very easy to monitor field and quotas. Also great for managing communities of users/respondents and sending invites to internal lists of users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

If you need a specific usability/UX testing tool, this is probably not it because the surveys are more rigid and don't allow for users to come and go seamlessly from redirects or stim to survey questions like a platform like usertesting.com does. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

At Sunbelt, we use Alida for all of our VotC research using its embedded Touchpoint survey tool. We also make heavy use of the custom surveys for a variety of user research functions. And we use Alida's community management system to manage a group of over 700 research participants. I've found that it's relatively easy to use and effective in those roles. I especially appreciate the prompt and dedicated customer service we receive from our rep, which made implementation and integration straightforward. We use Alida daily for customer research. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Most of Alida's functions work as needed, but their user interface is a little idiosyncratic and takes some getting used to. The biggest issue I have at the moment is with the reports available in surveys. They have their old "classic" reports and new "modern" reports which are gradually phasing out the old ones – but both have strengths and weaknesses, and neither do everything we want it to. For instance, you can't see verbatims in classic reports, but modern reports don't support all question types. So I find I'm constantly hopping between them and synthesizing the data myself. Other than that, it's been a very useful tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have been using Alida for over 8 years, at times for multiple clients It is user-friendly and flexible in how we are able to use it for both panel studies and "external" studies with other user groups and subscribers. The basic survey tool is easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Alida's client feedback process is not the most transparent, and many requests seem to languish without getting addressed. In their quest for growth, I think they often ignore improving th ecore systems (surveys, IMO) in favor of other activities and platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I've had the pleasure of using Alida for several projects, and I'm consistently impressed by its capabilities. Alida has become an invaluable tool in our quest to deliver actionable consumer insights to our clients.

What stands out most about Alida is its intuitive interface, robust reporting features, flexible community platform and advanced analytics. The real-time reporting dashboard allows us to quickly identify trends and share key findings with our clients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The licence fees can be a bit unaffordable for budget-tight clients Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The platform was designed for users who are both experienced in doing DIY and newbies alike. Its platform management is also easy to learn and use. Most of all, its extremely cost-effective since its package is not based on no. of responses or surveys but to the panel size, which means you need to ensure that your panel is active and you can have good productivity. Customer support of PH team is also helpful and creative in coming up with ways how to make the survey work for our requirement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's still web-based so sometimes it misses on saving the progress, especially when you are masking choices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.